Trump Demands Biden Remove Ad of Him Calling Dead Soldiers ‘Suckers’ and ‘Losers’ - The former president said only a “psycho” or a “very stupid person” would’ve made such statements.

  • @cultsuperstar@lemmy.world
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    1171 year ago

    What did he say about John McCain? “I like people who weren’t captured.”

    Trump has never given a shit about the military or veterans. I’m surprised at how many veterans love him.

    • @Taalen@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The military doesn’t attract the brightest minds.

      Reminds me of a joke that did the rounds shortly after Finland joined Nato.

      Finnish general: “You know, it’s difficult, we have mandatory military service, but around 15% are unfit for service”

      Other Nato generals: “That 15% is where we have to recruit from”

      • @JohnnyH842@lemmy.world
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        81 year ago

        I don’t know I think that’s kind of a shitty thing to generalize about. Not sure where your located, but atleast here in the US there are plenty of folks who join the military at a young age to get themselves out of bad situations and try to correct the course of their life. Obviously there are a lot of people who join because of some dangerous nationalistic or racist ideals, but that structure and purpose can help some folks.

        • @NecroParagon@lemm.ee
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          21 year ago

          Yep that’s right. I have friends who could’ve done many things with their lives but they value our armed forces and joined up instead. It’s something I hold in high regard. It’s not a washout only ensemble.

      • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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        11 year ago

        Buddy, you do calculus under fire and report back to me how well you do. By the way, if you take too long you die. If you get the wrong answer, your friend dies.

    • @Jax@sh.itjust.works
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      201 year ago

      My family has a few people who just got out of the military.

      I explicitly pointed out that Trump called them, and their grandfather (whom they claim to love very much) suckers.

      Their response was, more or less, “Yeah but Trump is better because he has balls!”.

      The majority of people in the military are, in fact, suckers.

      • @digeridoo@lemmy.ml
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        111 year ago

        From experience, you’re not wrong. Let’s be honest, being a service member doesn’t separate them from their faults as humans. You take an undereducated kid from Mississippi and make him a Soldier, they’re still that undereducated kid with no critical reasoning skills.

        • @cordlesslamp@lemmy.today
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          81 year ago

          Please take my critical thinking away, I don’t like it very much anymore. Seem like it’s the only thing keeping me from happiness lately.

      • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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        71 year ago

        The military actually rejected Trump pretty hard. Enough conservatives in the military refused to vote for him in 2020 that it went blue for the first time since at least the Dixie Flip in the sixties. They aren’t the group you should be worried about.